Improvement in carriage-tops



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES M. MUNSON, OF GREENFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN CARRIAGE-TOPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l 592,154, dated June16, 1874 application tiled May 29, 1874.

To all 'whom t may concernr Be it known that I, CHARLES M. MUNsoN, ofGreenfield, in the county ot' Franklin and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Carriage- Tops and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings which form part of this specification.

The nature of my invention relates to an improvement in carriage-tops;and it consists in forming the standards in two part-s, which arepivoted together, and provided with a spring-catch, so as to hold thetop in any desired position, each part of the standards, at theirpivoted ends, having a semicircular socket formed in its side to receivethe end ot' the other part, as will be more fully described hereafter.

The accompanying drawings represent my invention.

a represents the lower part of the standard, which is secured to the topedge ot the body of the carriage, and c the upper part, which is madepreferably somewhat longer, and is fastened to the under side of thetop. Each of these parts are pivoted together, as shown, and each onehas its pivoted end made semicircular, which ts in a semicircular socketformed in the end of the other part. Secured, preferably, to the upperpart c is a fiat spring, d, to which is attached, at its lower end, apin, e, which catches iu the series of holes made in the top of thelower part a, andan operating-knob, g, which projects through the partc. By pressing in this knob the pin e is withdrawn from the holes inwhich it catches, and then the top can be moved freely back and forth,so as to adjust it in any desired position to protect the rider, itsmovement being limited by the shoulders t'. These standards are intendedfor either large vehicles or for CHAS. M. MUNSON.

Witnesses HENRY O. MUNsoN, J. M. MUNsoN.

